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Historic house relocation denied after board finds risk to character, design
Summary
The Historic Preservation Board voted to deny an application to relocate a contributing historic house from 42630 Sixth Street as part of a lot‑split plan, concluding the move would risk the building's integrity and harm the district's setting.
The City of West Palm Beach Historic Preservation Board on March 25 denied an application to relocate a contributing historic residence currently at 42630 Sixth Street, a proposal tied to a property reconfiguration the applicant said would create two lots.
Board members said evidence submitted at the hearing did not establish that the house could be moved without loss of historic materials or that the relocation was necessary to preserve the resource. After roughly two hours of testimony and cross‑examination, the board voted by voice to deny the relocation application; one board member registered opposition to the denial during the roll call.
The applicant's team, represented at the podium by architect Russell Resicki, presented engineering and moving plans and brought Jameson Browning of Browning Structural Movers and a contractor from Biltmore Contracting to explain how…
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